28 March 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Insomnia Coffee Company will open a new store in Mallow, Co Cork today. Located in William O’Brien Street, this is Insomnia’s seventh store to be open in Co Cork. Insomnia Coffee Company has become an iconic Irish brand and is well known to coffee lovers across the country... Read More
25 March 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie
25 March 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A dad from Co. Cork had a dream come through as he spun the Winning Streak wheel and won a total €60,000 from the National Lottery TV game show on RTÉ One last Saturday (23rd March). Seamus Ronan from Roscarbery, Co. Cork won €22,000 on his spin of... Read More
21 March 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Social PicsPhotographer Darragh Kane was at the event. Attendees included Rugby’s Donncha O’Callaghan. Dr Noel Murray, Head of Dept Tourism and Hospitality, Dr Breda Kenny, Head of the Hincks Centre for Entrepreneurship Excellence and Don Crowley, Head of Department of Organisation & Professional Development at the Cork Institute of... Read More
16 March 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Magician Joel Mawhinney entertained with the RedFM Team at Mahon Point Shopping Centre in Cork at the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S10 Experience, celebrating a decade since the launch of the first Samsung Galaxy device and to introduce Samsung’s new premium smartphone device range; the Samsung Galaxy... Read More
15 March 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Representatives of Cork County Council, who are in New York for the St Patrick’s Day period, met with senior executives from Tourism Ireland today (Friday, 15 March). They were briefed on Tourism Ireland’s extensive promotional programme in the United States for 2019, which is in full swing right... Read More
13 March 2019 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Spike Island Cork has opened a new permanent exhibit entitled the ‘Shivs and shanks’ exhibition, which features improvised weapons confiscated in Irish prisons. Many of the frightening weapons were fashioned from everyday items and show the daily dangers faces by prison officers and the prisoners themselves, with hundreds... Read More
11 March 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie A Cork punter chased away the Monday blues with an incredible €29,229.81 windfall with thanks to their savvy racing bets on Sunday’s cards at Warwick, Musselburgh and Naas. The customer who wishes to remain anonymous, placed a €1 ew accumulator, total stake €2, and a €1 Lucky 31,... Read More
10 March 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Paddy Irish Whiskey is launching a series of events throughout the country called “The Spirit of Paddy”, honouring a very special Irishman and Corkonian, the namesake of the drink, Paddy Flaherty. As a nod to Paddy’s heritage, the launch event will take place in Cork city, on Wednesday... Read More
9 March 2019 By Mary Bemingham mary@TheCork.ie With the Irish rugby team preparing to face France on Sunday, the organisers of the 30th Cork French Film Festival will be preparing to bring the curtain down on a hugely successful event on the same day. The Cork French Film Festival kicked off in style last weekend... Read More
8 March 2019 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie West Cork artist Geraldine O’Sullivan’s exhibition Light Keepers will be on show at the West Cork Arts Centre in Skibbereen from March 9th until April 10th Light Keepers is a collection of 25 artworks capturing the unique world of Irish lighthouses. Geraldine’s paintings describe the physical structures of... Read More
6 March 2019 By Mary Bermingham mary@TheCork.ie Cork tourism companies – including Pure Cork and the Celtic Cross Hotel in Rosscarbery – joined Tourism Ireland this week at the largest travel trade fair in the world, ITB in Berlin. Tourism Minister Brendan Griffin is lending his support to the 35 companies from Ireland who are... Read More